Book-clip



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J. W. NOLAN.

, BOOK CLIP. No. 387,364. Patented-Aug. 7, 1888.

Wlfnessmw I lwvenforr- STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JOHN IV. NOLAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOOK-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,364, dated August 7, 1888.

Application filed January 25, 1888. Serial No. 261,914.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. NOLAN, a subject of the Queen of England, residing at Chicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Book-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to book-clips,and particularly such as are designed to be used with to dray-books and other similar delivery-books,

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A is a book, B the back thereof, and O a leaf. D is the hinge of the book. E is ahook formed at one end of the wire which constitutes the clip proper. Fis an arm leading there- G is a transverse portion of said wire. H is another arm similar to F. I is a spiral coil formed from said wire. J isan arm leading therefrom. K is a transverse wire. L is a similar arm leading to the coil M. N is a 0 transverse wire which is passed through the hook E and is developed at its extremity in the hook O, which engages the arm H. The portions F GH and J K L form two U -shaped pieces, one longer than the other, and both projected from or formed continuous with the arms which spring from thespiral coils I and M. G is a covering or roller on the transverse portion G.

The whole piece is made of one continuous 0 wire with the exception of the covering G.

It begins with the hook E, and contains the arm F, transverse wire G, arm H, spiral I, arm J, transverse wire K, arm L, spiral M, transverse wire N, and hook 0. Of course these 5 pieces could be made differently, and the device could be made of more than one piece of wire, care being taken to properly join the portions together; but I have exhibited it as made of a single continuous piece of wire, be-

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cause the same appears to me to be the best for my device.

Figs. 2 and 3 are designed to show different methods of applying the device. In Fig. 3 the part B may be considered a book-back or bill-board, and if a bookback either end may be called that toward the hinge and either side may be called the inside of the back.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: The device shaped, as shown, and made,as desired,of one or more pieces of wire, is applied to the book in the following manner: all of the leaves of the book are thrown upon one half, and the other or upper half is clamped by the book-clip, as shown in Fig. 2. The clip is first laid upon the interior of the back of the book, the transverse wire which passes from spring to spring lying upon the out or inside of the back of the book. The short U shaped piece is shown passed over the back of the book, as indicated by the dotted lines,and the device is forced down toward the hinge of the book until the long U-shaped piece engages the inner surface of the back of the book. This transverse wire may then be raised and 1owered,as indicated in Fig. 2. In Fig. 3 the application is somewhat different, as can be easily seen.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A book-clip consisting of a single wire bent so as to form a coil at each side of the book, a cross-rod and a cross-piece, U-shaped, which together clasp the cover of the book, and a cross-piece,U-shaped,which clamps the leaves of the book.

2. A book-clip consisting of a wire coil on each side ofthe book,with a cross-rod and two cross-pieces, U shaped, ofvarying length, one of which clasps the outside of the back of the book, and the other with the rod engages the inside of the back of the book, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN IV. NOLAN.

Witnesses:

FRANCES W. PARKER, OORA. L. CADWALLADER. 

